After Huang Taiji and others rested outside Shenyang for a night, they finally ushered in the main force led by Nurhachi at noon on the next day.

Nurhachi was still very relieved to hear that Huang Taiji and others had annihilated part of the Li family's Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

He ventured deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty this time, and in addition to plundering, the main task was to eliminate the Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Li family.

Although it failed to annihilate all of its main forces this time, the core of the ironclad heavy cavalry has been completely annihilated. The Li family's Liaodong Iron Cavalry was like a spear with a broken spear, and its power was greatly reduced.

Although the elite of the six banners have been assembled outside Shenyang City, only the two yellow flags and the white flag of Huang Taiji are relatively intact, and the other three flags are already in a semi-crippled state.

At present, there are 13,000 people in the yellow flag, 5,700 people in the yellow flag, and 7,200 people in the white flag.

2,500 people with white flags and 3,700 people with blue flags, these two flags were ambushed by Li Xianzhong near Qinghe Fort or lost a lot of troops, especially the blue flag, the elite in the flag was almost exhausted, which can be described as a great loss of strength.

Although Zhenghongqi did not directly participate in the battle on Qinghe Road, it also lost 500 people in order to block Liu Wei on the East Road at the earliest, plus ten Niu Lu were left outside Yahu Pass to monitor the Ming army, and there are only 3,800 Zhenghongqi under Shenyang City.

As a result, the main force of Houjin under Shenyang City has 36,200 people, and there are some coats and auxiliaries responsible for transporting supplies.

Huang Taiji said: "Qi Great Khan, the Ming army has implemented a strong wall around Shenyang, although our army has expanded the scope of the search but the harvest is not much, so far only 10,000 people have been plundered, plus a hundred head of livestock, a small amount of grain. ”

After last year, Jin entered Fushun and Qinghe, and plundered as many as 300,000 people alone, as well as a large number of livestock and goods.

I thought that this time I would go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty and make more gains, but this harvest is really difficult to make up for the losses of this war.

However, after all, the Houjin had just begun to plunder, and the Liaoshen region was the core area of eastern Liaodong, and it was also the place with the largest population. Although the surrounding areas of Shenyang have been cleared, further afield areas can still be gained.

Relative to looting, how to attack Shenyang at the moment is the top priority.

Huang Taiji said: "Now the people we planted in Shenyang can't send information at all, there was a fire in the city last night, but it was quickly quelled. ”

"At present, we do not know the specific strength of the Ming army in Shenyang City, but one thing is certain, Li Rubai's main force has returned to Shenyang City, and now Shenyang is not an empty city."

Although in everyone's hearts, Li Yongfang's status as a forehead is far inferior to Amin and Abatai, but his role cannot be replaced by others.

Among Nurhachi's sons and nephews, there was no shortage of men who could fight well.

Although he deplored the death of Amin and Abatai, it was not to the point of heartache.

The impact of Li Yongfang's capture on the Later Jin Dynasty was huge, and many of the generals of the Ming Kingdom were rebelled by Li Yongfang, and he was the first Han general to take the initiative to defect to Dajin.

It is no exaggeration to say that Li Yongfang personally supported Houjin's intelligence system, and now Houjin's intelligence system has been somewhat paralyzed.

Nurhachi looked around at the generals with his sharp gaze, and at the moment, only the four Beyler Emperors were quick and decisive, and they were suitable for intelligence work.

So he said: "After Fuxi was captured, my Dajin's intelligence work came to a standstill, so Sibeile took over this task first, and it was necessary to resume the infiltration of the Ming Kingdom as soon as possible." ”

Huang Taiji happily accepted the order and said, "I will live up to the trust of the Great Khan!" ”

This also aroused the vigilance of Dai Shan and Mang Gultai, and it seemed that the weight of the four beyles in the Great Khan's heart was not light.

The most depressed was the Sanbeile Mang Gurtai, who suffered the greatest loss in this battle, and the annihilation of the Li family's heavy cavalry was also his credit. As a result, the Great Khan only encouraged himself twice, but he appreciated Huang Taiji well.

Dai Shan said: "The Great Khan said that it is not a good strategy to storm the Xiongguan fortified city of the Ming Kingdom. In this battle, our Eight Banners athletes suffered a lot of losses, and now that Shenyang is on guard, it is better for us to feint to attack Shenyang and force the Ming army from Liaoyang and other directions to come to reinforcements. Then we will wait for the opportunity to eat the reinforcements of Liaoyang, and maybe there will be a chance to capture Liaoyang. ”

Since the Houjin army engaged the Ming army in Salhu on the first day of March, it has been fighting for eight consecutive days and fighting for hundreds of miles.

At this time, to storm Shenyang is simply more than enough and not enough, Nurhachi was originally ready to retreat after plundering near Shenyang.

However, Dai Shan's proposal is not unreasonable, if it can induce the Ming army to fight in the field, it is also good to further deplete the Ming army's forces in Liaodong.

So the Houjin army rested outside Shenyang for another day, and by the way, built siege equipment!

Early the next morning, the Ming army, which had been patrolling the southern city of Shenyang all night, was preparing to change the guard and rest, when they suddenly noticed a large number of cavalry on the horizon in the distance.

The Ming army in the city hurriedly sounded the alarm bell and shouted: "The enemy is attacking, and the Jianyu is going to attack the city!" ”

Soon after, Yang Hao, Li Rubai and other generals, as well as Wang Keshou, the governor of Jiliao, and Zhou Yongchun, the governor of Liaodong, all gathered in this southern city.

I saw a large number of Tartars pushing carts and slowly approaching Shenyang City.

The chariot is the main equipment of the Houjin siege, the shield on the chariot is made of thick wooden planks covered with cowhide, iron sheet composite, so that the chariot made of "small bricks and stones do not move, large masonry and stone hit and roll down, firewood is thrown without burning", has a strong defensive force.

Each chariot was followed by about 30 or so Eight Banner soldiers, who used the cover of the chariot to advance under the city walls, and then began to siege the city.

At this time, the artillery of the Franc machine in Shenyang City began to roar, and the artillery fire exploded in the marching Eight Banners, bringing down many soldiers around it, and even a car was directly destroyed.

However, the hit rate of the artillery was too low, although it caused a certain impact, but it could not stop the enemy's attack, and soon the Eight Banners entered the minimum range of the Franc cannon.

Outside the city of Shenyang, in addition to the two moats, there are several hidden trenches.

Although the winter moat had formed a thick layer of ice that could not stop the enemy's advance, the trenches were still effective in blocking the advance of the captives.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners carefully pushed the cart forward, although the Ming army in the city was raining arrows at this time, but the arrows fell on the heavy wooden planks of the cart and did not cause the slightest damage.

I saw that the ground covered with straw suddenly collapsed, and a trench appeared in front, and several carts fell directly into the trench, causing the Houjin army to panic.

Li Rubai saw the opportunity and hurriedly ordered the archers in the city to fire arrows at the Eight Banners who had lost cover.

Rows of bows and arrows rained down like a torrential rain, instantly shooting dozens of Eight Banners soldiers into hedgehogs. But fortunately, half of them were still wearing heavy armor and saved their lives, and climbed behind the nearby cart with difficulty.

The hidden trench was still seventy paces away from the city, and the carts could no longer move forward. The soldiers of the Eight Banners also used the cover of the chariot to throw bows and arrows at the city.

A tough battle has begun!

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